The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-10-21


steers that were being shipped eastward
escaped from the car by the breaking of the
car door near Wilmore, and struck out on
the hunt Uf good pasture. The next morn
ing they were hunted IN by the railroad
men and shipped tc their destination.
Mr.. Joseph Gutwald on Tuesday served
out to his customers some OF the incest beef
that has tIckled the palates OF the people of
Ebensourg for some time. Mr. Gutwald
took the premigm a. the CsrroIltown fair for
the best fat heifer, and after bringing her
home slaughtered her on Monday. Her live
weight was 1850 pounds, and she dressed
625 pounds.
Joe Best, fourteen-vear-old boy who
accidently shot himself in the throat last
Friday morning, in North Braddock, while
playing with his fathers revolver breathed
his last about o'clock the same evening.
The sufTerinqs of the little fellow for time
before he expired were terrible, and it took
the combined efforts of three men 20 hold
him on his couch.
There is glut IN the potato market at
Reading Pa, ana one dealer has sixteen
car loads side tracked near that city await
short crop came from the west. In the east
the crop was large and Inless than ten days
/, ,OOe car loads were sh pped west. Sudden
ly the bottom dropped out OF the marksy
ana potatoes fell twenty cents busheI m
price.
AS a WestmOreland county led was on
his way 20 scho0, on FRIDAY last, a young
giri threw splinter. some fifteen inches
InIenpth, at HIN. II struck him Sidewise
in the eve, cutting the top OF his eyehal
completely of and letting out the aqueous
hIid. The stroke was so clean that
neither of the eyelids were in the least
ahraded. The injured eye will probably
tave to ne taken ont.
On sunday night train Of thirty cars,
eleven Of whth were loaded with Chicago
dressed beef and the balance empties. was
wrecked or tine PENNSYLVANIA railroad near
Kttanniug Foint. The wreck was caused
by the train breaking while descending the
mountain s0t a number Of cars were brnken
un and the beef scattered around promis-
cuously. The trainmen aud also two
trampS who were stealing a ride escaped
without iuSUry.
W. J. Carter, Of Paradise. net with n
well-nigh fatal accident Wednesday even
ing while choppng wood. Tie lad the ak
raised ana was in the act of lowering 1t
with force when the handle caEeht on a
clothes line and il reNOunded. striking him
on top Of tae head and indictiuC a terrible
wound Ee was taken into the house and
medical attendance summoned His con-
ditiou is pronounced critical. though hp may
possthW survive the effects at the injury
ClearfieIJ.r emocrdt
The advisory committee OF the Penn
| sylvania railroad voluntary reli5f' fund has
| decided 10 recommend tnSt an empIoye
| reaching the age OF 50 wears. after twenty
/ years OF continuous satisfactory service,
may at the discretion of the SUPERINTENDENT
/ Of his division, and on certificate OF disabi !
I ity withdraw from active service and re-
/ ceive the wages paid prior to his withdraw
al. IL Is proposed that the company shall
/ guarantee the payments on account Of the
| superauuaated ust until the relief fund
/ shall be atle to carry the list witaOut aid.
/ On TCesday last the County Commis
[ sioners awarded the contract fCr erecting
the iron bridge over tia Clearfeld creek at
Dean station on the Cresson and CoaIport
railroad 10 the Morse Bridge Co, OF Ioungs-
/ town. Ohio, for the sum OF sl552 70, and al,
/ so To the same company the contract for
| building au iron bridge oveC the South
/ Fork on the old Fraukstown road for the
| sum of SsC6 80. The stone work of the
| bridge at Dean Station was awarded to NJ
/ J Kirsch, OF Barr township, for the sum OF
! SS95, and the South Fork bridge 20 j. y.
| Shoemaker, OF Eoenshurg, for SI3a9.
! The wreck near Kittanning Point on
| Sunday evening afforded the people OF that
| vicinity an opportunity Of obtaining cheapiy
/ if not honestly. q lot Of meat, canned goods
/ coffee. etc Fresh beef and hams were car
/ vied Off in large quantities. Railroad police
men, under the direction OF Chief Hamp ptOr
HougEton, after the wreck secured the
/ country rouLd about for pluRdeU. They
captured quite lot of stuff and made a
/ number OF arrests. In one shauty, occupied
/ by two Freuehmen, eight hams and .twC
. Quarters OF beef were found. Three ham'
and a bucket o. coffee were found hidden il
| the woods.
Mrs Sadie Pruner, alias Sadie Jones
an innate ot house OF in Tepute in Pitts
aurgh, was shetland Instantly killed IN tina
/ 1itv on Tuesday night b. Joseph Evans.
hack driver. with whom she had beer. living
/ but left him abSIt four weeks aga. OF
/ tuesday evening Evans visited ber anI
after short conversation drew Tegolve
and shot her three times, causing death in ;
few minutes. SEe went 10 Pittsburgh abou
three years ago from Altoona, having lei
hs- husband. William Pruner, who j.
railroad man. IL Is said that the Gea'
vaman's mother lives near Chest SPEngs
/ in this county, but at this writing we are
UNABLE to learn he- Eame. The dead wcalaI
/ leaves two children VINO are living in hom'
. In Allegheny.